Elected Silence

“Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.”― Ann Voskamp

“ELECTED Silence, sing to me
And beat upon my whorlèd ear,
Pipe me to pastures still and be
The music that I care to hear.”
― Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poems and Prose

In slowness, depth, breadth, width
Soften, yield, open
In quietness, rhythm, flow, music
Stillness, witness, wonder
In reflection, gratitude, grace, awe
Center, root, anchor
Sacred ground, sit and stay awhile.

“The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before… So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running.” —Jan L. Richardson